TY - GEN AB - The literature on the drivers of international capital flows establishes the importance of global financial risk factors. However, the cross country and time variation in the sensitivity of capital flows to global factors is substantial and not well understood. We present a portfolio balance model suggesting that the foreign currency mismatch on financial institutions' balance sheets determine the size and sign of these institutions' cross border flows in response to global risk factors. Testing the model for European banks' net foreign currency funding flows yields supporting evidence, especially for countries that are not members of the euro area. AU - Krogstrup, Signe AU - Tille, Cédric CY - Kiel DA - 2018 DA - 2018 ID - 295678 L1 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/295678/files/KWP_2104.pdf L2 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/295678/files/KWP_2104.pdf L4 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/295678/files/KWP_2104.pdf LK - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/295678/files/KWP_2104.pdf N2 - The literature on the drivers of international capital flows establishes the importance of global financial risk factors. However, the cross country and time variation in the sensitivity of capital flows to global factors is substantial and not well understood. We present a portfolio balance model suggesting that the foreign currency mismatch on financial institutions' balance sheets determine the size and sign of these institutions' cross border flows in response to global risk factors. Testing the model for European banks' net foreign currency funding flows yields supporting evidence, especially for countries that are not members of the euro area. PB - Institute for the World Economy PP - Kiel PY - 2018 PY - 2018 T1 - Foreign currency bank funding and global factors TI - Foreign currency bank funding and global factors UR - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/295678/files/KWP_2104.pdf Y1 - 2018 ER -